Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-8861
CVE-2024-8861
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=5.9.3.2
- metagauss/ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communitiesv5Range: 0
Patches
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157510/nvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3188c2-e5b0-4d83-8c92-ae6b409c92f9nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/trunk/includes/class-profile-magic.phpnvdProduct
- wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/nvdProductRelease Notes
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